Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles

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Where to go

34.05279, -118.25646

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Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

On screen

Atlanta record company

In real life

Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles

Can you visit?

Open to the public, ticketed

Time to allow

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Confidence

Probable

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Westin Bonaventure Hotel today

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Strange Days location: the Millennium Eve party: Westin Bonaventure Hotel, South Figueroa Street, downtown Los Angeles

This Is Spinal Tap film location: The ‘Atlanta’ record company: Westin Bonaventure Hotel, 404 South Figueroa Street, downtown Los Angeles

True Lies location: the chase into the glass elevators: Westin Bonaventure Hotel, South Figueroa Street, downtown Los Angeles

Zoolander film location: Zoolander is too quick to accept the award: Westin Bonaventure Hotel, South Figueroa Street, downtown Los Angeles

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Questions

Where exactly did This Is Spinal Tap film at Westin Bonaventure Hotel?

At 34.05279, -118.25646 in Los Angeles. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Can you visit Westin Bonaventure Hotel?

Open to the public, ticketed.

What else was filmed near Westin Bonaventure Hotel?

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